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What to Stream This Weekend: August 21–23, 2026

This weekend brings a broad mix of mystery, action, supernatural tension, music drama, comedy, and travel-focused television, with new titles arriving across five streaming services.

Zurmo EditorialPublished Updated

There is plenty of variety in this weekend’s lineup, from a season premiere built around teenage friends and a buried secret to films about revenge at sea, a supernatural threat on the road, a pop star’s difficult return, and an angel interfering in two very different lives. Most of the new arrivals land on Friday, August 21, with one more film joining the group on Saturday, August 22.

The choices also cover different levels of commitment. The two returning TV formats offer a longer story arc, while the movies provide self-contained evenings with sharply different tones: conspiracy action, supernatural horror, emotional music drama, family intrigue, and an offbeat comedy about social and economic divides.

Netflix

New TV

IMDb7.5/10105k🍅 Critics79%TMDB8.244/101k

Prime Video

New movies

🍅 Critics48%62TMDB6.667/10156
IMDb6.5/1042k🍅 Critics79%TMDB6.848/10758

Paramount+

New movies

IMDb5.6/107k🍅 Critics47%TMDB7.294/10773

Max

New movies

IMDb4/10563🍅 Critics69%TMDB5.476/10126

New TV

IMDb8.2/10🍅 Critics88%TMDB7.689/1037

Hulu

New movies

IMDb6.8/105k🍅 Critics95%174TMDB6.8/1068

How We Chose These Picks

For a weekend built around range, the strongest starting point depends on the mood of the night: choose a season premiere for a continuing story, a film debut for a self-contained evening, or one of the more unusual premises for a change of pace. The schedule moves from teenage investigation and travel conversations to cargo-ship revenge, road horror, backstage wounds, artistic deception, and angelic meddling, leaving room for very different kinds of viewing without padding the lineup.